For the first time since she announced her bid for Oval Office in April, Hillary Clinton braved national television on Tuesday.

Aired on CNN—twice—the interview made immediate headlines. But reactions did not evaluate new policies or inspirational rhetoric or even a political gaffe. Alloverthe Internet reporters trumpeted: Clinton Talks to Press.

For Hillary Clinton, the fact of a national interview is breaking news.

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During these three months, Clinton has granted a bare minimum of access to the press. For 29 days, she took exactly eight questions on the trail. In June, her team banned a pool reporter from an event in New Hampshire. And over the weekend, aides broke out a rope to create a very real partition between the candidate and the press.

The makeshift playpen so rankled reporters that CNN correspondent Brianna Keilar broached the subject, asking that Clinton describe how her approach to the media has changed.

"I just have a different rhythm to my campaign," she said. "I'm not running my campaign for the press; I'm running it for voters. I totally respect the press and what the press has to do. But I wanted and was determined to have the time that I needed to actually meet and listen to people."

As secretary of state, Clinton continued, she "had not been involved in domestic politics." Returning to them, she is committed to getting to know the American people. No doubt many of them are happy for the introduction. But voters do not elect politicians with good ears. They vote for candidates who speak to them. For Clinton, it's time to talk.

On Tuesday, she practiced. Discussing the recent move to put a woman on the $10 bill, a resolute Clinton proposed that a woman instead grace the $20.

"I don't like the idea that as a compromise you would basically have two people on the same bill. One would be a woman. That sounds pretty second class to me," she said. "I think a woman should have her own bill."

She declined to propose a historical woman for the distinction.

When Keilar bade her to decide which Saturday Night Live actress made for the best Hillary Clinton, Clinton demurred: "Amy's a friend of mine and Kate's doing a great job. You're not going to get me to pick one or the other."

"I think I'm the best Hillary Clinton," she offered.

"Obviously, I'll be doing a lot more press," Clinton assured Keilar, having dodged issues of trustworthiness and deleted emails and Bernie Sanders in the short conversation.

Good thing, too, because even the best known presidential candidates need public platforms. And the American people want better headlines.